Caspar Weinberger Dies at Age 88

[Kerrytravelers]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060328/ap_on_go_ot/obit_weinberger

Caspar Weinberger Dies at Age 88




By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer
48 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Caspar W. Weinberger, a conservative Republican and consummate Cold Warrior who served in the Cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and got ensnared in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at 88.

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one of the first President Bush's final official acts after his 1992 loss to Bill Clinton, he granted Christmas Eve pardons to Weinberger and five others accused in the scandal.

Weinberger, who was 75 at the time, had been scheduled to stand trial in less than two weeks on charges that he concealed thousands of pages of his handwritten notes from congressional investigators and prosecutors.

He'd earlier rejected independent counsel Lawrence Walsh's plea-bargain offer to testify against his longtime friends and colleagues — including Reagan — and plead guilty to a misdemeanor.





Are all rethugs indicted?

[Name removed]

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[BOSSHOG]

2. Another dead fascist

Take out the garbage. Republicans and their base hate America; I choose not to mourn the passing of an evil destructive human being.

[AndyA]

3. Apparently there aren't any Republicans that aren't crooks

Looking back in history, the overwhelming majority seem to have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar at some point, so to speak.

I'm sorry the man was in pain before he died, but I don't think he was a great man, nor do I think history will remember him as a great American. His legacy will forever be stained.

[TheBaldyMan]

4. Who's going to count things on Sesame Street now ?

Vun senile old cowboy, two senile old cowboys, Ha Ha Ha Ha, three senile old cowboys ...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. And Nofziger too? Were they, uhumm, together?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

6. Eighty years too late

Bastard.

[suegeo]

7. Reagan's Admin. was truly awful

All of them.

[bluestateguy]

8. Anyway

Did you hear that there is going to be an "Ocean's 13" movie?

[Tuttle]

9. Gone but not forgotten

Tut-tut

[sattahipdeep]

10. "Mass murder," "assassination," "arson" and "sabotage"

These men were involved in a secret and illegal covert military
operation, whereby weapons were being sold to an enemy state, Iran,
and the profits from those sales were going to illegally fund an army
of rebels the CIA was building in Central America.

http://www.hereinreality.com/irancontra.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x774296

[DainBramaged]

11. He lived a full life, but I am positive he cut short the lives of many

And the remainder of the destructive RayGunites work for Shrubby. Evil, dishonest, destructive and disgusting people all.

I will not mourn his passing but weep for his victims.

[corkhead]

12. Hey Casper, say hi to Nixon and Ronnie for me

I'm sure they are in the same place as you...

[Zomby Woof]

13. Is Meese next?

Please?

[EST]

14. An evil man--should have died in prison.

I am appalled at my own cynicism. A more honorable man would have surrendered to the vicissitudes of life long ago. Few will mourn his passing. Is there an address to send a container of urine for pouring on his rotting place?

[anitar1]

15. Thank You , hadn't thought of that. n/t

[Zhade]

16. So I guess he's now "Caspar the Unfriendly Ghost".

Too bad he didn't die in prison.

[Kerrytravelers]

17. I didn't post this because I'm a fan or anything...

... quite the opposite. It is sad to me that when a person gets into a position of power, they use this power to hurt, rather than help people. I will never understand it.

It's sad that he died without expressing any regret for all the death and destruction he helped cause.

[Raine]

18. Good Riddance

Sorry I can't offer up a kind word but I won't be a hypocrite. :-(

[Chi-Town Exile]

19. Buh-Bye, Now! eom

[kineneb]

20. quote from Dickens

"He lay, in the dark, empty house, with not a man, a women, or a child to say he was kind to me in this or that, and for the memory of one kind work I will be kind to him. A cat was tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats beneath the hearthstone. What they wanted in the room of death , and why they were so restless and disturbed, Scrooge did not dare to think."

-A Christmas Carol

This seemed approprate at his passing.

[goforit]

21. Thanks for the seeds of terror Casper....

We'll just have to clean up the mess you left behind.

[flamingyouth]

22. kick

[Wetzelbill]

23. Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger dies

Former Defense Secretary Weinberger dies
Reagan Cabinet member was 88; he was key figure in Iran-Contra scandal

WASHINGTON - Caspar W. Weinberger, who served in the Cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at 88.

Weinberger had been hospitalized for about a week with a high fever and pneumonia brought on by old age, according to his son, Caspar Weinberger Jr. Weinberger’s wife of 63 years, Jane, was by his side when he died, the son said.

“He gave everything to his country, to public office and to his family,” Caspar Weinberger Jr. said.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12050783/

[swag]

24. I will just say before this gets deleted

that I once sold him a cheese danish.

[Gato Moteado]

25. did you spit on it?

i hope

[swag]

33. I think our baker spit on everything.

[Wetzelbill]

26. how did that come about?

that's pretty funny. Of all people to sell a danish to. Small world. :)

[swag]

34. I used to work at a bakery at 1825 I St. NW in DC.

Caspar came by once or twice.

And when Jay Leno was playing a comedy club in town, he came by all week and wouldn't shut up. "Go away," my beloved coworkers Jeanette and Marita would tell Jay, "you ain't funny!"

[Magleetis]

27. I played

honors for him and the first Booosh on the deck of the USS Enterprise in 1984. They both walked right passed me as I stood in formation.

[niyad]

28. let's see-weinberger, nofziger. . .they come in threes, so who's next?

[skylarmae]

29. unless Buck Owens was the first, then nofziger, then weinberger

otherwise, where are the other two entertainers to go with the threesome starting Sunday nite with Buck? just asking...

[kenny blankenship]

35. Reading here over the past couple of days, my count goes like:

Weinberger, Nofziger, Weinberger, and Weinberger.
(Series complete.)
But how can we persuade Weinberger to stay dead?

[leesa]

30. One less criminal.

[Wetzelbill]

32. not one to mince words

huh, Leesa? :)

[saigon68]

31. The Mother Fucker Lined his Pockets too

And thanks to BUSH 1's PARDON he didn't go to PRISON

WHERE HE BELONGED.

[Bozita]

36. Amen!

[Zynx]

37. A thoroughly rancid man. Good riddance.